as in manuals
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbooks
The first step is to review your company material—handbooks, trainings, core values, everything—and make sure your professional self is 100% aligned with company expectations.
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Sean Willchene, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The end goal is to have the information that could eventually be included in international handbooks that serve as reference resources for licensing and safety analysis of nuclear systems.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
As the new school year begins, parents will be bombarded with schedules, handbooks and those oh so important pick-up line instructions.
—James V. Shuls, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Many of the government’s civil defense handbooks are available through the Internet Archive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
Sean Willchene, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The end goal is to have the information that could eventually be included in international handbooks that serve as reference resources for licensing and safety analysis of nuclear systems.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
As the new school year begins, parents will be bombarded with schedules, handbooks and those oh so important pick-up line instructions.
—James V. Shuls, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
Many of the government’s civil defense handbooks are available through the Internet Archive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbooks
Noun
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Boeing didn’t mention the system in airplane manuals, and most pilots didn’t know about it.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most of its libraries are delivered via OTA updates, with developers being provided with manuals, case studies, and continuous integration support.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The two men exchange grateful texts later that evening, home safe and stumped about where to go next.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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In cellphone communications shared exclusively with McClatchy and the Herald in October, there are hundreds of texts and chats between Goudreau and Álvarez.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, Georgia’s Board of Education barred textbooks from describing discrimination against Black people.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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As Willis pointed out, most esthetics programs still rely on outdated textbooks.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To do this, lawyers and judges will often use dictionaries published at the time the Constitution or an amendment to it was published, along with other writings.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Handbooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbooks. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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